Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-12-03

The "wet" and the "dry" factions
anet in mortal combat in Georgia last
week, and the "dry" adherents were
pushed to the wall. The most striking
feature of the contest was the extraord-
i.oary measures adopted by the white
prob ,ibitionists to win the Colored voters
to their side. Social equality was in
augurated, but the seductive smiles OF
the fair An. DO Saxon women were OF
little avail; and, to their shame, be it
said, the majority o. the Colored voters
voted the "wet" ticket. 1t must have
been strange sight to some of those
old hide-bound, dyed-in-th e-wool, ex-
rebels and Negro-hate!s to see the man
treated and brother as such by the adyo-
Gates of prohibition, both male and fe-
male. But it shows conclusively that the
most humane the fairestminded, tl1e best
hearted, the most christian like Of their
people SIRE among the prohibitions lists.
"A special telegram describes the scene
in Atlanta as follows:
cat early dawn this morning bands OF
women stationed themselves near the
polls, at which the people were to vote
upon the question of the sale of liquor.
AS the first ballots began falling in the
boxes, the women began Singing ia
miliar Methodist hymns. All daY long
the most remarkable scenes were en-
acted. White women engaged in con-
versation with Negroes, whom they had
never seen before, urging them to cast
their ballots against the. At one pre-
cinct was gathered representative bevy
of women. One girl, chubby faced
blonde, blue-eyed, stood leaning against
"a door post, while with an arm
uwined around her white sisters waist
stood a colored Hebe, whose fine pro-
protions were admired by all the men
who passed. AS this group of white
and black posed in sisterly embrace,
two colored dudes, hat in hand, stood
in the front yard and passing the usual
compliments of the season. just out
side the gate stood huge black man
with his back against the fence. In
front of him stood white woman pat
ting him on the breast and begging him
''to vote for Jesus" An old Negro who
happened to be passing threw up his
hands as he looked upon this scene and
exclaimed, "Bless do Lord Use lived to
see the cultured folks as good as the
whites.''
We are extremely sorry that the
Colored voters did not throw their
strength to the prohibitionists, as one Of
the most serious stumbling blocks they
have I'm the South is whisky. There
are many men who have been drinkers
all their lives, and who are not ma
terially injured thereby, as far as one
sees, but there is no doubling the fact
that no man was ever injured by moi
INDUCING in intoxicants as beverages
We do not, at this juncture, particular.
ly favor the prohibition party as a ma,
tioual one; because it gets its mair
strength from the Republican party
and. while ii does not draw strength
enough to win itself, it weakens the Re
publicans sufficiently to allow thu
Democrats to get in. Between the Re
publican and Prohibition parties as
national one we prefer the Republican
but for municipalities the prohibition
party can do much good, and We will al
ways be glad to see il. All Of the grea
new movements in the country do mucl
good in some way for tn
Colored man. The war was no
started for tho purpose Of freeing TIL
slaves but that was one of the results
neither are these movements originate
with the idea that they will benefit th
the Colored man, but, through the dii
pensation of an al wise providence
they are benefited. We wish to Sc
'~Golored men take hold Of all new pre-